Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Thermal Stability of Barium and Indium Double-Filled Skutterudite BaInCoNiSb Coated by SiO Nanoparticles. |
| Authors: |
Ping Wei, Wen-Yu Zhao, Chun-Lei Dong, Bing Ma, Qing-Jie Zhang |
| Source: |
Journal of Electronic Materials; Sep2010, Vol. 39 Issue 9, p1803-1808, 6p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Graphs |
| Subject Terms: |
STABILITY (Mechanics), BARIUM, INDIUM, SKUTTERUDITE, NANOPARTICLES, THERMOELECTRICITY, MICROSTRUCTURE, SCANNING electron microscopy |
| Abstract: |
Filled skutterudite thermoelectric (TE) materials have been extensively studied to search for better TE materials in the past decade. However, there is no detailed investigation about the thermal stability of filled skutterudite TE materials. The evolution of microstructure and TE properties of nanostructured skutterudite materials fabricated with BaInCoNiSb/SiO core–shell composite particles with 3 nm thickness shell was investigated during periodic thermal cycling from room temperature to 723 K in this work. Scanning electronic microscopy and electron probe microscopy analysis were used to investigate the microstructure and chemical composition of the nanostructured skutterudite materials. TE properties of the nanostructured skutterudite materials were measured after every 200 cycles of quenching in the temperature range from 300 K to 800 K. The results show that the microstructure and composition of BaInCoNiSb/SiO nanostructured skutterudite materials were more stable than those of single-phase BaInCoNiSb bulk materials. The evolution of TE properties indicates that the electrical and thermal conductivity decrease along with an increase in the Seebeck coefficient with increasing quenching up to 2000 cycles. As a result, the dimensionless TE figure of merit ( ZT) of the nanostructured skutterudite materials remains almost constant. It can be concluded that these nanostructured skutterudite materials have good thermal stability and are suitable for use in solar power generation systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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